单词 | in the ruff of |
释义 | > as lemmasin the ruff of ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > state of or advanced condition > highest point prickOE heighta1050 full1340 higha1398 pointc1400 roofa1500 top-castle1548 ruff1549 acmea1568 tip1567 noontide1578 high tide1579 superlative1583 summity1588 spring tide1593 meridian1594 period1595 apogee1600 punctilio1601 high-water mark1602 noon1609 zenith1610 auge1611 apex1624 culmination1633 cumble1640 culmen1646 climax1647 topc1650 cumulus1659 summit1661 perigeum1670 highest1688 consummation1698 stretch1741 high point1787 perihelion1804 summary1831 comble1832 heading up1857 climacteric1870 flashpoint1878 tip-end1885 peak1902 noontime1903 Omega point1981 1549 T. Solme in H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie To Rdr. sig. Aiiiiv Where is then all thy pompe? Wher is all thy ruffe of thy gloriousnes become? 1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. iii. 32 He, which in the ruffe of his freshest ioility, was faine to cry [etc.]. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. vii. §1. 261 When they view themselues in the ruffe of their greatnes, they are vtterly ashamed, to thinke of their first littlenesse. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables (1694) 39 How many Emperours and Princes..in the Ruff of all their glory have been taken down. 1736 C. Ludovici Dict. Eng., German & French (ed. 2) (at cited word) He was kill'd in the ruff of his glory. 1878 Celtic Mag. Oct. 453 A cousin of Kerr's advancing in the ruff of his pride, with his cocked carbine in his hand, to the very gates of the castle,..was shot from within. < as lemmas |
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